Does anyone know how to work around people in the craft? most rites require focus, and most ubiquitous spells are done solitary, or in a coven. but if I am in a busy hallway, what castings am I limited to?
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Hello and welcome @teacup_witch I’m Amanda and we’re so excited you have joined us
For your question Personally, I focus my intent and say it in my head or if its a regular situation I do a spell for the situation before leaving my home
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I re-enforce spells in public. Usually it is when I am waiting for something and have time to meditate. I don’t try to come up with something new although I have sent blessings.
A short while ago I made a bracelet out of clear quartz and blue tiger’s eye beads (for a Witch’s Challenge) I have been using it as sort of a pagan rosary. A simple bit of string to make a witch’s ladder works, as does a small crystal… or nothing if you can focus well.
I don’t do any overt stuff like chant or call on a deity of course. I would probably freak people out and I would be asked to leave. 
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teacup_witch
You are young in the craft and most certainly blessed at the same time.
Concentrate on focusing. Sounds easy doesn’t it.
It isn’t. Think of all the activity going on around you. Sounds, sights all your senses.
Find something to look at and focus on that. Carry a worry stone, Focus on tha stone.
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Small stones, Black Obsidian, Smoky Quartz, Lemurian Quartz, Amethyst for protection. Bless it and keep it with you. It is made to repel negative energy.
Make a little juju bag, add small stones, Black Obsidian, Smoky Quartz, Lemurian Quartz, Amethyst for protection
Blessed be
Garnet
Be kind to someone, you’ll be amazed at the results.
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@teacup_witch You’re really only limited by your own imagination. If you can visualize it, then you can cast it with your mind. If you feel you need your coven, visualize them being with you. They will be there on the spiritual plane. Same with any deities you work with.
Having candles, incense, herbs, crystals, etc. can add clarity and focus to a spell, but aren’t necessary for a spell to work. You can also bring those items up in your mind. Make them real by sensing them. What do the look like, smell like, feel like?
Visualization can come naturally for some witches but may be quite difficult for others. Practice will strengthen this ability. Don’t allow yourself to get frustrated if you’re one of those people who struggle with it. You could make it more difficult. Just stop the exercise and try again later when you’re relaxed.
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Hi @teacup_witch, you’re not limited at all! If you want reinforce it in a busy hallway or while among others its totally do-able.
You could try breathing techniques & move onto walking meditations or short movement meditations. Give yourself a second to focus on it & continue with even breathing. Do a 1 minute meditation while standing.
You could also make a talisman, amulet, or pouch to keep on you while your out. You can draw bindrunes on your forehead, arm, hand with your finger or create a physical one to carry with you or draw it in a place it wouldn’t be seen at school or work.
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Welcome @teacup_witch ! I’m a practitioner of chaos magick. No tools are needed for a spell. No ritual needs to be done. While walking down a hallway of crowded people, or in crowded store I have just kept on walking and said a chant in my head to myself. Any spell I have done this way has always worked for me. I always just make up the chant as I’m going. Just bring my emotions to the level needed for the spell and concentrate on what I’m saying.
Hope this helps you.
Blessings 
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This works absolutely! 
You could mix and match, saying the chant in your head and using the chant in a spell or ritual with the same intent at another time if needed. @Mystique is right; you only need your own thoughts, intent, feelings, and energy. Any tools, rituals, or items are up to you & what seems or feels right to yourself. There’s not anything sort of set in stone to do it one way or another.
Brief blurb about something around a year ago
A personal experience of mine involved working magic with nothing but myself and my thoughts, reaching out to my deities. I was reaching out to assist a family member in moving forward. Before the next day, it had worked, and I felt much more at ease when I woke up & heard from my Dad that she had moved onto her journey.
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Our strength comes from within - once I had the confidence to realize that, it changed everything.
BTW: @Susurrus , I saw a lot of your earlier posts and was happy to see you come in again.
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Hi @teacup_witch and welcome to the family!
Like most others, I will chant in my head if necessary; but there are times when I really need to do something and a simple chant won’t do. So I do the same thing I would do if I felt a panic attack coming on - find a bathroom.
A bathroom usually has a lock and a seat if I need one, and water to cleanse my hands; I can put my meditation music on through my headphones, and either do a chant, or use the virtual altar and do my spell or ritual in privacy. Although I should say, even in the bathroom I don’t say the chants out loud - it’s between me and the Universe.
Hope that helps!
x Blessed Be x
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Thank you everyone for the support and advice! it is much appreciated.
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@Garnet Oooh a charm bag!!! Love those I’m definitely I’m over of those crystals in my bra ritual oil behind my ears type 
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Merry meet @teacup_witch and welcome! We’re so happy to have you here!
It looks like you’ve already received some wonderful input from others in the forum, and I can’t top any of their input so I’ll just say hello and I hope you enjoy settling in here!
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cherietta
Enthusiast Witch
I wanted to point at you and shout "TA DA!
“A new witch has shown her wisdom!”
Keep this up and I’ll make you an honorary baby dragon.
Just kidding. You are showing great growth and the determination
behind it.
You will be great.
Garnet Specialized Witch 
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@Garnet thank you for your kind words. I’ve been practicing for quite some time, and I’m so blessed to be here learning more every day from such a wide array of great minds and experienced witches. 
And who would not want to be a baby dragon?! 
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Welcome @teacup_witch!
Great topic! Thank you for the question, and thanks to everyone who posted ideas!
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Hi 
thank you! I am so excited to be back & can’t wait to get to know people & re-connect with my people 
I will be around off & on today. I have some pictures to add to a couple of current threads.
I realized that even if I’m out & about, I can recite things (mantras, chants, phrases) with intent & it has worked for me without anyone knowing what I’m doing… I do find, at least more in the last couple of years, I definitely need to rest when I make it home & into my space. Sometimes, depending on the situation, it can take so much out of me; so I need to rest up & recharge for a little bit. Have something to drink, like water. Sometimes it takes a lot out of me & other times not so much 
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for reals though, @garnet, I would love to be an honorary dragon!!!
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I’m just hopping in to add my voice to the choir – you can cast spells without any tools or ingredients! I just did an entire podcast episode about practicing witchcraft without “stuff” if you want to listen.
I do want to point out that casting spells in crowded places or without tools can take a lot of practice. I have to be able to focus no matter what’s going on around me, so learning how to focus your thoughts and energy in different situations is a helpful exercise. You can practice this wherever you are – bring your attention to your thoughts and energy, holding it there while trying not to get distracted by the things happening around you. It’s harder for some people (like me…ADHD and I’m a mom - I have to hear what’s going on around me lol) but it is doable with practice and effort.
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Yesterday, I went out of town with my driver for her birthday. On the way home, she had to stop several times to be sick. She thought it was something she ate.
She knows I’m a witch, but I didn’t want to bother her any more than necessary. So I cast silent spells without tools for her relief and comfort and for a safe trip home for both of us. The healing spells worked briefly along the way, and we did get home without anything else happening, so I feel they were mostly successful. I also did cleansing spells for myself in case this wasn’t a food borne illness. We shall see how that goes over the next three days.
All this was said to show it can be done. It is up to each practitioner how, when, where, and why.
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